Wii U sales triple in Japan thanks to new Splatoon bundle

Over the last month or so, Nintendo has been selling an average of 5,000 Wii U consoles per week in Japan. Last week, that number tripled to over 15,000, thanks to a brand new Splatoon bundle.

The new bundle pushed the Wii U up to third on the best-selling consoles list, selling almost as many units as the 3DS.

As for Splatoon, the game was the second best-selling game in Japan last week. It was a pretty good week for Wii U games in general, with 3 Wii U titles in the top 5.

Here are the complete hardware and software sales in Japan for last week:

Hardware Sales (last week’s sales in parenthesis)

1. PlayStation 4 – 22,717 (23,679)
2. New 3DS LL – 16,505 (17,648)
3. Wii U – 15,470 (4,444)
4. PlayStation Vita – 11,042 (11,461)
5. New 3DS – 3,284 (4,122)
6. PlayStation 3 – 1,126 (1,265)
7. 3DS – 670 (718)
8. 3DS LL – 87 (82)
9. Xbox One – 72 (73)

Software Sales (lifetime sales in parenthesis)

1. [3DS] Culdcept Revolt (Nintendo, 07/07/16) – 29,321 (New)
2. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 16,351 (1,415,016)
3. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (Marvelous, 06/23/16) – 15,432 (146,677)
4. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 9,762 (42,830)
5. [Wii U] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 06/23/16) – 9,329 (38,285)
6. [PS4] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (Bandai Namco, 06/30/16) – 9,080 (79,471)
7. [PSV] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (NIS, 06/23/16) – 7,476 (34,572)
8. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 6,850 (344,903)
9. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (Bandai Namco, 06/30/16) – 6,603 (45,318)
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 6,423 (818,113)